Oct 7, 2013 1 min read

AMBRIDGE (AP) – Police say a bank robbery suspect was nervous when a construction worker saw the suspect throw his shirt in a trash container – but not so harried that he didn’t stop to bum a cigarette first.

Acting Ambridge police Chief Sgt. James Mann told the Beaver County Times that 36-year-old Paul Carman gave a Huntingdon Bank teller a note saying, “This is a robbery. No dye packs. No alarms,” about 1:30 p.m. Friday.

The construction worker told the newspaper police gave him and others near the bank a description of the robber moments before Carman stopped to discard his shirt and ball cap – which matched the police description – then asked for a cigarette.

Police caught up with Carman, who was also wanted for violating his parole in a 2008 bank robbery, later that day.